An edition of The modern savage (2015)

The modern savage

our unthinking decision to eat animals

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An edition of The modern savage (2015)

The modern savage

our unthinking decision to eat animals

First edition.
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"In the last four decades, food reformers have revealed the ecological and ethical problems of eating animals raised in industrial settings, turning what was once the boutique concern of radical eco-freaks into a mainstream movement. Although animal products are often labeled 'cage free,' 'free range,' and 'humanely raised,' can we trust these goods to be safe, sound, or ethical? In [this book] ... McWilliams pushes back against [what he sees as] the questionable moral standards of a largely omnivorous world and explores the 'alternative to the alternative'--not eating domesticated animals at all"--

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Thomas Dunne Books
Language
English
Pages
292

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The modern savage: our unthinking decision to eat animals
2015, Thomas Dunne Books
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Table of Contents

The agenda
Getting emotional
The omnivore's contradiction
Humane slaughter
Backyard butchery
Humane chicken
Utopian beef
Painful pork
Our unthinking decision.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
179/.3
Library of Congress
HV4757 .M39 2015, HV4757.M39 2015

The Physical Object

Pagination
292 pages
Number of pages
292

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Open Library
OL27172829M
Internet Archive
modernsavageouru0000mcwi
ISBN 10
1250031192
ISBN 13
9781250031198
LCCN
2014032364
OCLC/WorldCat
890310189

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